YOUNG50 #Stay Healthy - Cardiovascular Risk Prevention

The Young50 project has published its 6^th newsletter.

This edition of the newsletter places emphasis, in particular, on the Consortium Meeting, held last June 27^th and 28^th in Bilbao: the first meeting in the presence of the Consortium since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as on the second evaluation feedback drafted by the partner "Ca' Foscari University Foundation." This evaluation report describes the state of the art of the project after the first 33 months, providing evidence of compliance with the project status, achievement of the set objectives, any deviations with explanations, and corrective actions taken or proposed for implementation.

The newsletter also recounts the invitation that came to the YOUNG50 coordination team to contribute to an online discussion on "Addressing Cardiovascular Health in a Changed and Changing World." The titled event held on May 16 was organized by the independent think tank Friends of Europe, in collaboration with the European Alliance for Cardiovascular Health (EACH).

In addition, the newsletter includes (a) the launch of the EACH Cardiovascular Health Plan; (b) the kick-off of the "Healthier Together" initiative by the EC; (c) the promotion of the new European Society of Cardiology survey; (d) the publication of the "cardiovascular disease statistics 2021" report by the European Society of Cardiology; (d) presentation of the EC Study on interactions between physical activity and body weight; and (e) the launch of the MECKI score: the index that calculates the risk of death from heart failure

The European YOUNG50 – #Stay Healthy – Cardiovascular Risk Prevention project has published its fifth newsletter!

The newsletter includes a presentation of the Animated Video that presents the YOUNG50 project and news about the launch of the screening activities in Romania and Lithuania.

In Romania the implementation of the screening activities for identification of behavioral and biological risk factors for cardio-vascular diseases included in the European project Young 50 have started in September 2021. The program is organised at local level through cooperation between NGO Aer Pur Romania, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy from Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Public Health Directorate of Cluj County, Romania.

Also in Lithuania on 25 September was launched the screening programme. Centro Poliklinika, Lithuanian partner of the project, from its patient database selected all 49-50 years old persons as potential participants and started with the screening activities.

Moreover, the newsletter includes news on the publication titled “Pandemic heightens the need to combat cardiovascular diseases” of the Lancet Regional Health Europe and on the launch from the European Commission of the “Health & healthy lifestyle” European-wide campaign.

Furthermore, information on the recent European initiatives are included. In fact, in the past few months the World Obesity Federation announced a new feature of its Global Obesity Observatory, “Presentation Maps”. Downloadable maps are available with survey-based prevalence data, obesity-related drivers & comorbidities, comparable estimated prevalence data, and more. Finally, the last September the European Alliance for Cardiovascular Health was launched during a policy debate attended by representatives of the European Commission, Member States and European Parliament. The main goal of this Alliance is to call for a comprehensive EU policy response to improve the cardiovascular health of European citizens.

Don’t miss this interesting newsletter and.. check it out: https://www.young50.eu/newsletter/